Strategic Initiatives
One of MESA's primary objectives over the past few years was to develop and publish a series of Manufacturing Guidebooks. The relentless focus on operational improvement and corporate compliance has elevated the need for new and enhanced ways to drive more value from existing assets, and it's become increasing clear that a better, more systematic flow of information from the operation is key to enabling and accelerating those initiatives. MESA's intent is to help manufacturers successfully create justification for, implement and then measure the impact of a series of strategic corporate initiatives in this area. These Guidebooks consist of a holistic set of pragmatic guidance and best practices to both, educate key stakeholders and to identify & address key issues related to the successful implementation of these initiatives. The 5 initial Strategic Initiatives we selected are the following:
- The Real-Time Enterprise
- Lean Manufacturing
- Quality and Regulatory Compliance
- Asset Performance Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
The major components of each of the Guidebooks include: Problem Definition, Cost Justification and ROI development, Project Critical Dependencies, Implementation Guidance, Risk Assessment and Success Criteria and Measurements.
We've formed five core working groups to drive these Strategic Initiatives, each one consisting of a mix of end users, vendors, analysts and system integrators from all over the world. The Guidebooks will be considered "living documents." The first five guidebooks are currently under a review cycle and will be re-released to our Premium members in the coming months.
